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After a year's delay, women will be permitted to enter the competition for positions on the Harvard Lampoon this Fall for the first time in the magazine's 95-year history.

The decision came at a meeting of the Executive Board on Sunday afternoon. One member of the Board was not present.

"It was the general feeling of the Board and the membership that this was the time to make the decision," said Frederick D. Weil '73, Ibis of the Lampoon.

Weil said that with the graduation of the class of 1971, the membership of the magazine had dropped to 29. Two years ago at this time there were 48 members.

"What this means is that there is quite a bit of space open for new members, which, of course, includes women," Weil said.

The Lampoon Board voted last year to admit women. However, Martin H. Kaplan '71, then President, said that the decision to admit women required affirmative votes by two consecutive Executive Boards.

Weil said that the "standards for admission" will be exactly the same as for men. "There will be no quotas," he said.